ARE CHIPIMO'S SHOES TOO BIG FOR STEVE?
PROMINENT Zambian businessman and proprietor of MUVI Television Stephen Nyirenda successfully inherited leadership of the National Restoration Party (NAREP) last week. NAREP was established in March 2010 by Elias Chipimo Jr. Chipimo was the party's presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections, finishing fifth in a field of ten candidates with 0.4% of the vote. In the National Assembly elections the party received 0.2% of the vote and failed to win a seat. Chipimo proved to be a formidable, eloquent and youthful politician coming on the scene with a western style issue based politics with a clear manifesto proposing radical socio-political and economic reforms with innovative ideas around environmental management and energy. In his short political career, Chipimo was heavily criticized for not actively engaging with the masses particularly the youth in high density areas and those in rural areas thus denying the critical voting masses a chance...